Meet Julia, the newest friend on Sesame Street. Julia has autism. She also has a stuffed bunny named Fluffster! She and Elmo are different in some ways, but they have lots in common too. Elmo brings his doll David to play with Julia and Fluffster, and the four buddies play peek-a-boo.To learn more, visit sesamestreet.org/autismSubscribe to the Sesame Street Channel here: ruclip.com/user/SesameStreet

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I have schizoeffective disorder. Meaning rather than living in the real world like most people I live in my own world. It’s like autism but more complex. I have a favorite toy like Julia. A Teddy Ruxpin doll. The new one with the new outfit. And I love him very much.

I'm gonna start watching videos like these whenever i feel sad beacuse, honestly, this is just so beautiful, so genuinely beautiful. I'm not autistic but i love to see that they're portraying dissabilites. And judgingby the comments on these videos, sesame street is doing this right, i'm so glad!

Why autism is a condition and isn't split up to be in the individual's personality is because of the rule "treat others how you wanna be treated", which can also make others think they can just ignore autistic people and such

i love this representation of autism. ive never seen a show or really any media where theres an autistic girl. and while id usually be mad that a non-autistic person is playing an autistic muppet, ill let it slide this time since the puppeteer has an autistic child.

Dear Sesame Street, Can you do a Parody of Star Trek? (with Ernie as Captain Kirk, Bert as Spock, Elmo as Sulu, Abby as Uhura, Grover as Chekov, Cookie Monster as Scotty, and Count Von Count as Dr. McCoy.)

This is beautiful not only because it's including an autistic character on the show, but this video in particular is truly beautiful because Elmo is playing with Julia with his doll, David, who he named after the character David, played by Northern Calloway, who left the show in 1989 and died tragically in 1990. To see his legacy being carried on into a new generation of children with his new character is truly a wonderful thing.

How old is Elmo? like is he supposed to be 8 or something? I feel like he's actually very young, were's his mom? Do they all play on Sesame street and then go home to their families? Like is big bird the oldest kid (high school/college/leaving college) and he watches over them? (I grew up watching this beautiful show and I still have questions)

I'm autistic and it's like seeing myself when I was 4. You could put 4 year old me in Julia's place and the scenes would be the same. This is so meaningful and it will help so many kids AND adults by modeling autism acceptance in a healthy way.